[Added 6-6-1989[1]]
The purpose of the Residential Redevelopment
District is to promote the redevelopment of residential areas within
the Town of Islip which are characterized by a high degree of deteriorated
and dilapidated housing and associated blighted conditions. The district
provides for a range of housing types and densities designed to promote
the construction of new housing, as well as the rehabilitation of
existing housing, to a greater degree than could be achieved under
other residential zoning districts. Any and all development within
this district shall be in accordance with a Master Plan approved by
the Town Board.
[Amended 1-16-1990; 7-14-1993]
Application for Residential Redevelopment District
shall be subject to a determination by the Planning Board that a property
is blighted and that redevelopment through a use or uses permitted
in said District is appropriate. No building, structure or premises
shall be used or occupied and no building or part thereof or other
structure shall be erected or altered except for one or more of the
following purposes:
A.
Single-family detached or semiattached or attached
dwellings. Conversion of a garage for any other purpose other than
for the parking of a vehicle is prohibited.
[Amended 6-8-2010]
B.
Church or other similar place of worship or parish
house, provided that a twenty-five-foot buffer is provided and maintained
adjacent to any residential use or zone in accordance with Town standards
and a site plan is submitted to and approved by the Planning Board
or its designee indicating compliance with all applicable land development
standards.
[Amended 4-8-1997]
C.
Municipal park, playground or recreation building
or use.
D.
Child day-care center.
[Amended 4-8-1997]
E.
Garden apartments.
F.
Apartments designed for senior citizens.
A.
The following shall be permitted accessory uses:
C.
Any accessory building shall be located on the same
lot with the principal building, and no accessory building shall be
constructed on a lot until the construction of the main building has
actually been commenced, and no accessory building shall be used unless
the main building on the lot is completed and used.
[Added 4-8-1997]
All uses not expressly permitted are prohibited.
A.
The total building area, including all buildings,
shall not exceed or occupy more than 30% of the total lot area. The
floor area ratio (FAR) shall not exceed 0.30.
B.
Dwellings on lots reserved for single-family detached
dwellings shall not occupy more than 20% of the total lot area. The
floor area ratio (FAR) shall not exceed 0.25 of said lots.
C.
Dwellings on lots reserved for single-family semiattached
dwellings shall not occupy more than 20% of the total lot area. The
floor area ratio (FAR) shall not exceed 0.35.
[Amended 1-16-1990; 3-24-1992]
D.
Dwellings on lots reserved for single-family attached
dwellings shall not occupy more than 45% of the lot area. The floor
area ratio (FAR) shall not exceed 0.62. Exception: Said dwellings
located on any corner lot shall not occupy more than 20% of the lot
area and not exceed a floor area ratio of 0.35.
[Amended 1-16-1990; 3-24-1992]
E.
Other permitted uses shall not occupy more than 25%
of the total lot area. The floor area ratio (FAR) shall not exceed
0.25.
F.
Accessory buildings shall be located only in the rear
yard and shall occupy no more than 25% of the rear yard area. The
floor area ratio (FAR) shall not exceed 0.25.
G.
Decks on lots reserved for detached or semiattached
dwellings shall occupy no more than 10% of the rear yard area. Decks
on lots reserved for multiattached dwellings shall occupy no more
than 20% of the rear yard area.
[Added 1-16-1990]
H.
The floor area ratio (FAR) for garden apartments or
apartments designed for senior citizens shall not exceed 0.50.
[Added 7-14-1993]
A.
The minimum required lot area for single-family detached
dwellings shall be 7,300 square feet.
[Amended 1-16-1990]
B.
The minimum required lot area for single-family semiattached
dwellings shall be 4,600 square feet.
[Amended 1-16-1991]
C.
The minimum required lot area for single-family attached
dwellings shall be 2,400 square feet.
[Amended 1-16-1990]
D.
The minimum required lot area for attached rental
dwellings shall be 9,200 square feet.
[Amended 1-16-1990]
E.
The minimum required lot area for other permitted
uses shall be 20,000 square feet.
F.
The density of garden apartments shall be within a
range of 12 to 16 units per acre. The density of senior citizen apartment
shall be within a range of seventeen and 27 units per acre. Determination
of precise density shall be based on the following criteria: size
of apartment, number of bedrooms, quality of design and site plan
and obstacles to acquiring the property and/or removing blighted conditions.
[Added 7-14-1993]
[Amended 1-16-1990]
The minimum living area for a single-family
dwelling shall be 1,100 square feet.
A.
The minimum width of lot for a single-family detached
dwelling shall be 75 feet.
B.
The minimum width of lot for a single-family semiattached
dwelling shall be 48 feet.
[Amended 1-16-1990]
C.
The minimum width of lot for a single-family attached
dwelling shall be 25 feet.
[Amended 1-16-1990]
D.
The minimum width of lot for an attached rental dwelling
shall be 96 feet.
E.
The minimum width of lot for other permitted uses
shall be 100 feet.
F.
Exception. A lot need not have the required width
throughout, so long as:
(1)
Said lot is 75 feet in width as measured parallel
to and 25 feet back from the front property line;
(2)
Said lot has frontage on a cul-de-sac or curvilinear
road where the side lines of the lot are straight but not parallel
and has a minimum width of 50 feet at the front property line; and
(3)
Said lot otherwise complies with all requirements
of this ordinance.
A.
The minimum front yard for all single-family dwellings
shall be twenty-five 25) feet. Corner lots shall be considered to
have two front yards. In the case of attached dwellings, the minimum
corner front yard shall be 35 feet.
[Amended 1-16-1990; 7-14-1993]
B.
An accessory building shall observe the same setback behind the front
line of the main building as required in the Residence AAA District,
and if located on a corner lot shall be set back at least 25 feet
from the side street property line.
[Amended 2-28-2017]
C.
The minimum front yard for garden apartments or senior
citizen apartments shall be 35 feet.
[Added 7-14-1993]
A.
The minimum side yard for single-family detached dwellings
shall be 10 feet.
[Amended 1-16-1990]
B.
The minimum side yard requirement for single-family
semiattached dwellings shall be 18 feet for that yard facing the detached
side of the house. Garages attached to said dwellings shall have a
minimum side yard of eight feet.
[Amended 1-16-1990]
C.
The minimum side yard for a single-family attached
dwelling, garden apartment or senior citizens apartment shall be 15
feet.
[Amended 1-16-1990; 7-14-1993]
The following encroachments are hereby permitted:
[Amended 7-2-1991]
Fencing shall be permitted as per Article XXX, with the following exceptions:
A.
Driveways shall not exceed a width of 18 feet. In
the case of semiattached dwelling lots or corner multiattached lots,
expansion from the original driveway is only permitted in a direction
away from the house. On all other multifamily lots, the extent of
the driveway is limited to that area designated on the final site
plan. Parking of vehicles on any area beside the driveway is prohibited.
[Amended 7-14-1993]
B.
There shall be no garbage dumpsters on site, and each
unit shall have individual garbage cans which shall not be stored
in the front or side yard when garbage pickup is not scheduled.
C.
There shall be no unregistered vehicles or vehicles
offered for sale within the right-of-way of any of the streets or
within the front yard setback area at any time.
D.
There will be no changes to the exterior components
of the approved dwellings, including but not limited to the siding,
roofing, windows and primary doors without a letter of determination
by the Planning Division that the changes are consistent with the
Master Plan.
E.
All exterior elements, including but not limited to
siding, roofing, eaves, windows, doors, shutters, steps, railings
and lights, shall be maintained by the owners in a good condition,
and nothing herein contained shall preclude such property maintenance.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection F, requiring
a homeowner's association to provide maintenance of common areas,
and Subsection G, added 1-16-1990, which required landscaped areas
on individual lots, both of which followed this subsection, were repealed
7-14-1993.
[Added 4-8-1997]
A.
Parking, curbing, sidewalks, drainage, screen planting,
buffers, street trees, dumpster enclosures, lighting, public improvements
and all other applicable requirements of the Town Code and the Subdivision
and Land Development Regulations shall be maintained unless otherwise
modified or waived by the Planning Board or Town Board.